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Recognised as Colour

#50BCFF

  • #50BCFF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#50BCFF is a blue with RGB values 80, 188, 255 and HSL 203°, 100%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#50BCFF#50BCFF
HEX#50BCFF
RGBrgb(80, 188, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.7373, 1
RGB percentages31.4%, 73.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(203, 100%, 65.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203, 68.6%, 100%)
CMYK68.6%, 26.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,291,263
CSS custom property--colour: #50BCFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.98:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#AF4300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DBCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#85ABFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00CDD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.5Light skyblue · ΔE 15.2Sky blue · ΔE 22.2Steel blue · ΔE 23.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.5Light steelblue · ΔE 28.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF9350
Analogous#50FFEA, #5065FF
Triadic#FF50BC, #BCFF50
Split complementary#FF5065, #FFEA50
Tetradic#EA50FF, #FF9350, #65FF50

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9F7FF
Lighter +20%#B6E3FF
Lighter +10%#83D0FF
Darker −10%#1DA8FF
Darker −20%#0090E9
Darker −30%#0070B6
Darker −40%#005183
More saturated +25%#50BCFF
Less saturated −25%#66B7E9

Channel breakdown

R80
G188
B255
Red80 (31.4%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue202.97°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness65.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G BC · B FF

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